Barnes & Noble

Pundits saw it coming a mile away, so people were no longer surprised when Barnes & Noble told its European customers that they are essentially shutting down the international Nook ebookstore. Customers outside the US began receiving emails from B&N that they will no longer be able to pay through their Microsoft account and that they will no longer be able to access their content through the Nook app for Windows if they don't live in the US.

While the Nook tablet may have appealed to a certain kind of mobile user, not everyone was a fan of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, so it did not reach that wide of a market. But if you really preferred Barnes & Nobles' e-book reader over all others like Kindle, Kobo, Aldiko, etc, then this will be good news for you. The ebook retailer is releasing a new version of the Nook app so you can read content you bought from them on your Android device of choice.

Gadgets are always a welcome gift and so expect a lot of OEMs to offer big discounts during this holiday season. If it's an ebook reader that can also be a tablet that you're looking for, Barnes & Noble is offering their Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook at a discounted rate during their annual Discovery Weekend from November 21-23.

If you like co-branded tablets and ebook reading gadgets, then you have another great news from Samsung and Barnes & Noble. Just a few months after they released the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 4 Nook, they're now selling a bigger version of it: the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook 10.1. But along with it, they also announced that the new tablet comes with a new Nook software and that this will also be pushed on the 7-inch gadgets as well.

What do you get when you marry Samsung’s latest Tab and Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader? Well, then you have the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook of course. B&N announced today that the newest gadget is now available on their online retail store. As an initial promo, they will be offering a $20 “instant rebate” for early purchases of the tablet that is being positioned as primarily an e-reader.

Samsung and Barnes & Noble have partnered up for a new device, the Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK. The tablet will sport a 7-inch display and is expected to be available in mid-August. Perhaps key here though, the tablet is described as being a mix of the "popular Galaxy Tab 4 hardware with customized NOOK software."

Barnes & Noble has seen better days. The Nook was thought to usher the giant brick-and-mortar into a new age, but news recently shows that may not be the case. Layoffs on the Nook team have been swift and widespread, and their recent SEC filing shows they’ve cut funding to their digital program by 74%.

The Barnes & Noble quarterly earnings report was almost totally bad news. Earnings, revenue, and sales — all down. The forerunner for the eReading craze has fallen far behind as of late, but there is one bright spot. A new Nook is coming, and it’s going to be made by Barnes & Noble.

Barnes & Noble, the lone remaining major brick-and-mortar bookseller, has received an acquisition offer. The potential buyer, G Asset Management, is proposing a 51% stake in either Barnes & Noble proper, or their Nook division. The offers add an interesting wrinkle to an already opaque future for the bookseller and its digital spinoff.

Barnes & Noble’s Nook tablets are among the better tablets around, but they don’t sell. Perhaps it’s their heritage as an eReader dissuading tablet users, or the limited Nook store they were subject to for so long. Whatever the case, Barnes & Noble has reportedly made some drastic changes to their Nook team in reaction to declining sales.